圣诞“姥”人惨遭吐槽

 What if Santa was a woman - could she do the job? That's the question an advertising¹ agency posed. 

假如圣诞老人是个女的，她能胜任这个工作吗？近日，一家广告公司抛出了这个问题。

The answer, according to the four to ten-year-olds they asked, was a resounding² 'No'. 

在采访了一些4至10岁的小朋友后，该公司得到的答案是一个响亮的“不能”。

Faced with this light-hearted Christmas quiz, the little ones wilted³ under the pressure of predictable gender⁴ stereotypes⁵. 

面对这么轻松的圣诞小测验，孩子们都在琢磨该怎么答（其实已经可以预见他们幼小的心灵里住着的刻板的性别歧视观点啦）。

One boy claimed a lady Santa wouldn't be strong enough to carry the sack ('She would need to go to the gym first'); another said she would 'get lost in the sky'. 

一名小男孩认为圣诞“姥”人不够强壮，因此拿不动装礼物的袋子（原话是“她得先去健身房锻炼一下”）；还有一个说圣诞“姥”人可能会“在天空中迷路”。

A little girl said Mrs Claus wouldn't be able to wrap the presents because her baby would get in the way and, more worryingly, one claimed a woman would fail because she would 'just get a headache'. 

有个小女孩表示，圣诞“姥”人可能会没时间包礼物，因为她的孩子一直过来打扰她；还有个更操心的小朋友，觉得圣诞“姥”人成为不了圣诞老人是因为孩子们让她“太伤脑筋了（译者注：可能妈妈在训斥她时，说过这样的话）”。

The one comment that could make women cross, though, was the child who reckoned a woman Santa would be good at 'bossing around the elves'. 

还有一个可能会让众女性们抓狂的回答——这位小朋友认为圣诞“姥”人一定会对手下的精灵们“颐指气使”。

1 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

2 resounding   

adj. 响亮的

参考例句：

• The astronaut was welcomed with joyous,resounding acclaim. 人们欢声雷动地迎接那位宇航员。
• He hit the water with a resounding slap. 他啪的一声拍了一下水。

3 wilted   

（使）凋谢，枯萎( wilt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The flowers wilted in the hot sun. 花在烈日下枯萎了。
• The romance blossomed for six or seven months, and then wilted. 那罗曼史持续六七个月之后就告吹了。

4 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

5 stereotypes   

n.老套，模式化的见解，有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化，使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
• It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调，我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》